Entrepreneurship in the 2nd Half of Life COVID-19 will push many of you into entrepreneurship in the 2nd half of life. I wrote about this previously in the post The Necessity Entrepreneur – A Path to Freedom and on the podcast episode, Are You Prepared to be an ‘After the Age of 50’ Entrepreneur? Many of […]
Do I Ever Want To Retire? I Do Not Think So. [Updated]
Do I Ever Want To Retire? Retire, why would I want to do that? My wife and I are living in Ajijic, Mexico, one of the oldest expat and retirement locations in Mexico. Therefore, it is often assumed that I am retired. We have been here for a little over 2 years and I run […]
Are You Feeling Insecure in these Uncertain Times?
Feeling Insecure in these Uncertain Times If you are feeling insecure about your career, finances, family life, health, or a myriad of other things you are not alone. It is pretty normal to feel insecure when so much of what is going on is not in our control. I had a great discussion with Eliz […]
Acing the HireVuVideo Interview, plus the Latest Challenge – HireVue [Guest Post]
THE GAME IS ON! Five Steps to Acing the Video Interview, plus the Latest Challenge – HireVue It’s all about the numbers. In today’s competitive job market, employers are continually trying to find ways to shorten the time between posting a job opening and hiring the desired candidate. They use Applicant Tracking Systems to sift through […]
4 Ingredients to a Winning Video Interview Environment [Updated]
Video Interview With the COVID-19 pandemic, you will be asked to video interview rather than interview in person. These interviews are usually conducted via Skype, Zoom, or WebEx. There are new automated platforms like HireVue that will make video interviews with robots even more common. The key to a successful video interview with a human […]
Are You Defined by Your Job? I Was! [Updated]
Defined by Your Job? For many of us, our own self-image is defined by our jobs. When someone loses their job, they may feel they no longer have value or purpose. My guess is this is happening to millions of people around the world as the CoronaVirus is disrupting supply chains, industries, companies, governments, and […]
Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Kicking You in the Butt?
Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Kicking You in the Butt? The COVID-19 pandemic is causing the 3rd major disruption in our careers in the last 20 years. The first was the dot-com bust, followed by the 9/11 disaster. Next came the great recession caused by the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Both the dot-com bust and the sub-prime […]
Adapting Your Career to the Post CoronaVirus World
Adapting Your Career to the Post CoronaVirus World Just about everyone I talk to has an opinion on what the post CoronaVirus world will look like. We all agree that life and work will be different in the post CoronaVirus world. We will all need to adapt to this new reality. Over the next few […]
Has Your Network Aged Out and Abandoned You? [Updated]
Has Your Network Aged Out? I am hearing over and over again about how people’s networks have “aged out”. I was working on a brand story with one of the members of the new Career Pivot community (look to hearing a lot more about this in the coming weeks) who told me that new positions […]